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Hugh_Lebowski

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3. My pops was Teamster out of the hall in Oakland, started going to Raider games

Sat Jan 14, 2023, 02:17 PM

Jan 2023

At Youell Field, like from the start.

He grew up in Oakland and I was born in Oakland (364 days after Kamala was), and I went to my first game at OACC in 1975 with him when I was 9.

It was never really an option to NOT be a Raider fan.

My little brother (who's married to Tony LaRussa's daughter) and Plunkett last year.

And here's my Raiders tix. Funnily, Suite L42 was Al's box. Not that I ever sat in it, I just got those tix from my dad's buddy, his dad used to sit with Al in the box. It was just 'a way in to the game'.

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40 years ago, January 10, 1982 ... [View all] Auggie Jan 2023 OP

Even as a Raider fan (and we're supposed to hate the 49er's) I have to say that play was badass Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2023 #1

I moved to the Bay Area in 1979 and instantly followed the Raiders ... Auggie Jan 2023 #2

My pops was Teamster out of the hall in Oakland, started going to Raider games Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2023 #3

Wow -- such great memories Auggie Jan 2023 #4

A year and a half later, Dwight Clark's buddy, Huey Lewis, released Sports album Brother Buzz Jan 2023 #5

Those days were such magic Auggie Jan 2023 #6

Bill Walsh and that West Coast Offense was certainly a force to reckon with! Brother Buzz Jan 2023 #7

The 1981 Playoffs was one of the greatest 2 week stretches of Football in the last 50 years Best_man23 Jan 2023 #8